Ice rink in Gorky Park. Photo by Viktor Akhlomov (Moscow, 1950s).
This blog is about old postcards, book illustration, history and culture of Russia and the Soviet Union. I'm a long time collector, and this blog is 10 years old.
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A 30-piece Matryoshka doll made at “Igrushka” wooden toy factory in Semyonov. Photo by V. Izvolensky (1966).
“Models of Clothes” Moscow 1958
Canned “Homemade ice cream” (dry mix) presented by Lyuda Latysheva and Oleg Yakovlev. Nevelsky Dairy Canning Plant. Pskov oblast of Russia, 1965.
“Congratulations on your newborn baby”, postcard by M. Grokh (Ukraine, 1965)
Post-graduate students of the Moscow Textile Institute during a German lesson. Photo by A. Kryuchkov (1971).
“The Pocket Mosquito” by Genrikh Sapgir. Illustrated by Viktor Pivovarov (1978).
Tiny children’s books (USSR 1970s-1980s)
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Travel checkers set in a souvenir box. Size: 10.3 cm (4.1″). The checker pieces are really tiny. The box design features a man with his horse (a figure from the Anichkov Bridge) and the word Leningrad. On the back of the box there’s a transfer picture of Gena the Crocodile courtesy of a previous owner.
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